When I left the tower in 83, I decided I was going to find out what the bible said to me, with as little
outside influence and interference as possible. I read the bible cover to cover 7 times using 4 different translations,
none of them the NWT.
I made notes in the back of the bible each time I would read through.
It would take me about a year to read through each time.
Each time I would catergorize my notes.
I would say the road to agnosticsm and atheistism is found by truly reading the bible and pondering and
reflecting on what it says.
I have a hunch that a great number of Christians have never read the bible cover to cover, outside of cherry picking certain verses.
I dont know what percent of atheist have read the bible cover to cover but a lot of them have made the same
discoveries about the bible and what it says that I have.
I'm really sorry and feel let down and abandoned that reading the bible would lead me to agnosticsm/ atheism.
I undertook reading and studying the bible to get closer to God, and what I got was God disappeared.
If you dont want to end up like me dont study, read the bible cover to cover. Just let some preacher cherry pick
motavational verses from Psalms for you. Dont be interested or learn to think critically. Accept authority. Be a sheep.
Since I left the tower in 83, I have encountered a lot of christians that say dont read the bible cover to cover.